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Benedict Backwards : Reading the Rule in the Twenty-First Century - Terrence G. Kardong OSB

Benedict Backwards

Reading the Rule in the Twenty-First Century

By: Terrence G. Kardong OSB

eBook | 6 March 2018

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In Benedict Backwards, Terrence Kardong builds the case that the Rule of Benedict is best read “backwards,” that is, with emphasis on the last chapters, not the first ones. Benedict starts out dependent on the Rule of the Master, but he ends on a much more self-assured note, revealing more about his own thoughts on matters of monastic life. Kardong shows the final chapters of the Rule are primarily about community, and they provide insight into Benedict’s vision for his monks.

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"Oblates who follow Kardong on his exploration through the Rule will see fresh ways to be shaped for Christ's service in their daily lives under the wisdom and guidance of Benedict. By making the final chapters of the Rule of Benedict, with their focus on community, the lens for reading the rest of the Rule, Kardong shows oblates that the Rule is not merely a historic document that looks backwards to another time. Rather, Benedict is a way forward for people in their daily lives to be the face of love through obedience, honor, reverence, and joy in their own communities and relationships."The Very Reverend Mark Strobel, OblSB, Oblate, Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, Dean, Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral, Fargo, North Dakota
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